Less than 24 hours after condemning violence in America, President Donald Trump has reignited his war of words with CNN.

Trump retweeted, and then later deleted, a cartoon depicting a 'Trump train' striking a person whose face is covered with the CNN logo.

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The post comes after Trump denounced the "egregious display" of violence that occurred over the weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed after she was mowed down by a car while protesting a white supremacist rally. James A. Fields, Jr. has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with Heyer's death.

This isn't the first time the president has been criticized for his tweet directed at CNN. Last month, Trump tweeted a GIF of him body-slamming a person whose head was covered with the CNN logo. He used the hashtags "FraudNewsCNN" and "FNN" to describe the network.

Trump has frequently used the term "fake news" to describe CNN and its coverage of his administration. After signing a memorandum at the White House on Monday, Trump refused to answer questions shouted at him by CNN White House Correspondent Jim Acosta.

Acosta asked the president if members of the media could ask him questions regarding Charlottesville to which Trump responded, "I like real news, not fake news. You're fake news.”